Does Immediate Arousal Enhance Response Force in Simple Reaction Time?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 972-990

  Ulrich, Rolf ^a   Mattes, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030279092     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755672     Document Type: Article

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